Showing posts with label Eliminator. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eliminator. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

ZZ Top releases "Gimme All Your Lovin'" video 1983



ZZ Top released the video for Gimme All Your Lovin' May 21, 1983, broadcasting it on MTV.  It was the first single from their super-successful album Eliminator.  It was also the first appearance of Billy Gibbon's 1933 Ford Hot Rod. The car appeared in three more videos, making it almost synonymous with the band. 

The single reached #37 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and #10 on the UK Singles Chart.

Friday, August 7, 2020

ZZ Top's "Eliminator" certified Diamond 1983


ZZ Top's eighth album Eliminator achieved Diamond status August 7, 1983, selling 10,000,000 copies.  It was released in March 1983 and is considered their most popular release.  Rolling Stone listed it on its 500 Great Albums of All Time and 39th in the 100 Greatest Album of of the 1980's.  Eliminator went Diamond in Canada, and multiple platinum Australia, France, and the United Kingdom. 


Friday, March 23, 2018

ZZ Top releases "Eliminator" 1983


ZZ Top released their 8th and most successful album Eliminator March 23, 1983.  It reached Diamond status with sales over 10 million copies in the U.S.  Rolling Stone ranked it as one of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and it is listed as #39 of the top 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s.

ZZ Top released five singles from the album: Gimme All your Lovin', Got Me Under Pressure, TV Dinners, Sharp Dressed Man and Legs.

The video for Legs won an MTV Music Video Award for Best Group Video in 1984.


Thursday, March 23, 2017

ZZ Top releases "Eliminator" 1983


The best ZZ Top album ever and one of the best rock albums ever, Eliminator was released March 23, 1983.  It included such monster hits as Gimme All Your Lovin', Sharp Dressed Man and Legs.  TV Dinners was also released as a single but I don't remember hearing it on the radio.  I do remember seeing the video on MTV.  ZZ Top's videos from the album featured a souped-up 1933 Ford Coupe and fuzzy guitars that could spin 360°.

Eliminator was certified Diamond, meaning it has sold at least 10,000,000 copies.